Co-authored by Amir Jaffer, M.D., chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, nine physician colleagues and a nurse administrator, all from UHealth, and a Miami Children's Hospital pediatrician, the article "An Academic Center's Delivery of Care After the Haitian Earthquake," serves as a guide for medical centers interested in delivering emergent trauma care following future natural disasters. The co-authors volunteered in Haiti or at the command center at the Miller School.

The University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Center for Patient Safety has received an endorsement from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). The first center of its kind in Florida, the Center for Patient Safety joins an elite group of 21 endorsed programs currently holding the prestigious distinction. Other endorsed centers include Harvard, Stanford, Mayo Clinic and UCLA.

"We are proud of the work we do at the Center for Patient Safety, and the ASA's endorsement further reinforces the caliber of the education and training that we provide," said David J. Birnbach, M.D., M.P.H., Center director and executive vice chair of anesthesiology.